Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-22
C0LMAg'S REQUEST.
But Few Senators and Representa-
tiVes Respond to His Letter Ask
ing for Seed for Texas.
Nevada'S Senator Orders al His Quota
OF Seed Sent to the DrOuth-
Stricken Counties at Once.
The TX Soldiers of Ohio aud otIIer States
Petition Representatives. To Override
the Presidents Pension Bill VETO
Civ LANDS VETO.

! WASHINGTON, FEB. 2l.-The solder
| dies hard. This is seen II the fact that
over 30, 900 applications nave been re
! ceived here for the report OF tie pension
committee in opp sition to the presi-
dents veto. This report is relied upon
as most invaluable campaign document,
and it is believed that before another
week has past over $4,000 copies will be
found scattered broadcast through the
country. No one can fOretell Waat the
action in the House on the veto will be,
bat members are receiving hundreds of
| letters and petitions each day, asking that
the veto be overruled.
FORIIFICATIoN BILLS.
| There is no chance for the House pass
| ing any fertilization bill this season for
! lack of time and lack Of interest in the
measure. Sam Randall and the steering
committee will use every endeayOr TO
prevent any legislation on the subiec..
MR.. fuckers ABSENCE.
Mr.. Tucker If expected back 70 the
| House tomorrow. He was cslled away
by the sudden d ata Of his daughter. He
was pr pared to report TO the House the
Senate proposition for constitutional
amendment changing Inauguration dey
| from the 4lh Il MSrCh to the 20th of
! April, with Gu amendment embldying
| the Grain bill TO chsDge the time OF
meeting Of the Flfty-lrsl Congress He
| is very a;.XIous to have the House pass
/ the resolution before adjournment and
VII do Ill he can in the matter. Il
| il thought likely that if the House passed
/ the amended resolution there would be
no difficulty in the way of agreement
with The Sepste.
THE SEED FOR TEXAS.
Tn responses 10 the letter Of COMmis-
signar Culmau addressed 70 each Sena-
tor sud Congressman asking q d1gauOu
of seed for the suffering districts In
| Texas cane ia very slowly. The Con-
missioner told your correspondent to-day
that he had cniy r, ceived three donations
thus far, and re has about gwen up hope
fer relief trJm this source. The demand
from Texas for rye, wheat, turnip and
corn seed still continues, but unless the
COngressmen rei2 their mold on the quota
allotted to them there IS but little hope
left for aiding Texas IN this direction.
The Senator from Nevada has instructed
thai 600 packages of vegetable seed be
sent to Texas. He sends all the seed that
have accumulated during his term ex-
cept sma portion he has hitherto dis
tributed in his own state.
RIVER AND IEARBOR ELL.
There is much dissatisfaction in the
House on account OF the way the rlver
and harOor bill was passed without ever
having been read, and VIXEN it comes
back from the Senate an effort
will &c made to Kill it.
A GUN FACTORY
WASHINGTON, Feb. q The military
committee of the House has agreed UPON
q bill appropriating S5,OO0,O0O for 3 gun
factory for heavy ordnance, m1rtarS arc
70 pedOeS, 10 be expended under the di-
reCtion of beard to be appointed BY the
President.
WE MUST HAVE IRON-CLADS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21-Admiral P5r-
ter naS written to Congressman L.Flur
or the importance Of protecting Tie ap-
r-oaG5es to Boston, New Yy.E aa& o.bar
cities win heavily srmuIed moui, ors car
ryiHg the heaviest guns. lie says that
tolpldGcs c2an0t he relied uaon; That
durirg the RlssO-Turkish war, which is
the only one except cur civil war we
know of where torpedoes have been eX-
tensively used, with the hUGdreds
IF whitehead torpedoes employed by
the Russians against the Turkish navy
one Turkish ship Of Inferior quality was
destroyed. During our civil war, when
the COnfederates had their riyers, her-
bors. bays, etc, Ubstructed by torpedoes,
the United States lost but TWENTY-FIVE
vessels in spite If the great energy and
daring Of the CUnfederates, aud the Ad-
mIrsl says: 81 am quite satisfied that
they were as well prepared in those days
for the defense of t@eir Channels as we
are to-day, and were much better pro-
vided with torpedo boats"
Further on, Admiral Porter saws: al
do not think it any violation of
confidence in NE to ssy that the Ger
mas governmt Mt in particular has at this
moment comolete plans of all our ports
and every particular in relation 20 the
principal harbors of the United States"
The Admiral further says: 81 don't sup
pose it ever struck ANYBODY that it would
ever be necessary to locate the heaviest
guns on Gomez Island to prevent feet
from anchOrirg st that point and fri ing
into the city of New York. There is an
other implement of war that is now being
experimental with which may prove
more destructive than even the heavy
rifed guns, that is, the life mortars.
lnaS luc tWentJ VI Unity UlOELar DOatS ~
ing under Coney Island and devastating the
city and country for miles around. You
see after sill the main defense for our
coasts and harbors is the heavy iron cid
Monitor with the most powerful guns
that can move from point to point, and
like the turtle carry It's deienses On it's
back"
Boston, The Admired considers, is ten
times worse # than New York, ara he
does not suppose there IL Bostonian at
this moment who realizes that single
iron clad could lay before the city at
distance Of five miles and knock the
state house about the ears OF the inhabi-
tants. The only remedy for all this is
feet Of iron clads.
THE HOUSE Is ANSWERED.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2l.-The President
to-day sent to the House the response Of
the Secretary of Safe to the resolution
of that BODY inquiring as to the action